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U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

Jan. 22, 2018 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned higher on Monday, spurred by last Friday’s strong cash prices and the start this week of another round of wintry weather in parts of the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.65 cents/lb. at 123.55 cents […]

U.S. soy cargo to China traded using blockchain

Jan. 22, 2018 at 1:21 am CST

By Reuters

Arkansas restricts dicamba for 2018

Jan. 22, 2018 at 12:51 am CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures sag

Jan. 19, 2018 at 6:23 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

ADM reported making takeover approach to Bunge

Jan. 19, 2018 at 5:23 pm CST

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn end week firm

Jan. 19, 2018 at 4:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the fifth straight day on Friday, hitting their highest in 5-1/2 weeks as concerns about crop development in South America fuelled buying, traders said. Parched soils in Argentina have underpinned prices throughout the week. “Dryness in Argentina has provided enough fuel […]

By Mark Weinraub

JBS to shed U.S. feedlot chain

Jan. 18, 2018 at 8:00 pm CST

The remaining feedlots in meat packing giant JBS’s Five Rivers Cattle Feeding business, the world’s biggest cattle feeding operation, have found a buyer. JBS on Wednesday announced a deal to sell the U.S.-based assets of Five Rivers to affiliates of New York-based Pinnacle Asset Management for about US$200 million. The […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend climb to five sessions

Jan. 18, 2018 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday for a fifth straight session, buoyed by higher wholesale beef prices and technical buying including short-covering, traders said. Retailers are buying beef to feature during the second half of the month, when consumers may have paid off year-end […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise as Argentine weather worries lift soymeal

Jan. 18, 2018 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed for a fourth straight session on Thursday to the highest in nearly two weeks on concerns that dry conditions in Argentina could reduce the soybean crop and scale back soymeal supplies. Wheat futures rose on short-covering and a weakening U.S. dollar, while […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on short-covering

Jan. 17, 2018 at 6:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Wednesday on technical buying and short-covering, spurred in part by higher-than-expected prices at a weekly cattle sale, traders said. Animals at Wednesday’s Fed Cattle Exchange brought $119.75/cwt, up from $119 a week earlier (all figures US$). “I guess people […]

By Julie Ingwersen